misuse of property

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

MISUSE OF PROPERTY. The unlawful use of property. 
     2. The misuse of personal property delivered lawfully to the defendant, 
is a conversion which will enable the owner immediately to maintain trover. 
6 Shepl. 382; 8 Leigh, 565; 3 Bouv. Inst. n. 3525.